does anyone know the song that these lyrics come from?

Question

I cannot really remember them word for word but I will try......I thought it was from a modest mouse album but I bought it and I was wrong!..... It might be called the general or something....
".......I have seen there mothers
and I have discovered,
that this fight is not worth fighting....

take a shower
shine your shoes
you have no time to lose
your a young
you must be living,
go now you are forgiven."

if you can help me...thank you!

Answer 1

Dispatch- The General



There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told,
Of past battles won and lost
And legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time

On the battlefield he gained respectful fame
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on

But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream
The Old General tossed in his sleep and wrestled with his meaning
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent

All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With the courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
and It was a gray morning and they all wondered how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home

He said: I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I've seen their mothers
And I will no order, to follow me where I'm going
So

Take a shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take a shower, and shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven

But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The General said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further
The men can go as they pleased

Not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead,
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight

He said: I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
No, And I've seen their mothers
and I will no order
to follow me where I'm going
So
Take a shower shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living

Take a shower shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven.

Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven, go

Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go now you are forgiven
Go ooo oooooooo

Go now you are forgiven

Answer 2

The song was by DISPATCH. And the song is entitled "General"

Hope this helps! :)

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"I have seen the others

and I have discovered

that this fight is not worth fighting

I have seen their mothers

and I will no other

to follow me where I'm going



Take a shower, shine your shoes

you got no time to lose

you are young men you must be living

go now you are forgiven"

Answer 3

the general-by dispatch